Rear shock absorbers...again

[titan3c]

OK in your first paragraph I assume you have reference to the sway bar. And, NO I did not disconnect the end brackets. The only thing I see I did wrong in the rest of your remarks is the cupped washers. I placed them with the cup side down over the bushings. This is the way it was shown in the instructions with the shocks. But, I see now in the manual it shows them faced the other way as you said they should be.

What is the correction procedure if I bent the sway bar. From what you describe I think it's very possible that's what happened. I didn't get the connection of the sway bar relative to replacing shocks. I did place a jack under the trailing arm to keep pressure on the springs. I did have one mishap though. On the right side the jack slipped and let the spring extend. I quickly got it back up, but that did happen. Bob

[titan3c]

I just now got out the manual, and I see that the end links of the sway bar are connected to the trailing arm. I'm just now getting it, and I can better understand what your saying. I wasn't giving that any consideration at all when installing the shocks. So if I damaged anything it would be the end links, and that's is what I think is my problem. Like I said before I did have that one mishap where there was no shock connected, and my jack under the trailing arm slipped, and extended all the way. So my suspicion is the end length on that side. Bob

[titan3c]

For some reason I don't have a rear shock tool, and have just improvised trying to tighten the top nut. What is the best tool available for doing this job? Holding the shaft to tighten the nut. I know it takes two parts or two wrenches to fit in an awkward situation. Bob

[raygreenwood]